JANITORIAL SERVICES-U-100

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SOLICITATION NO. EP076-151675/A

JANITORIAL SERVICES - U-100 BUILDING- OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Requirement To provide Janitorial Services including all labour, material and equipment for Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), located at Building U-100, 1901 Research Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The services must be provided in accordance with Statement of Work.

Period of the Contract The period of any resulting Contract shall be for a period of two (2) year(s) plus up to three (3) additional consecutive twelve (12) month periods, under the same conditions.

At the time option year 2 and option year 3 are each exercised the rates in the Basis of Payment will be increased or decreased by multiplying the rates by the percentage change in "The Consumer Price Index", major components, selected sub-groups and special aggregates, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife, not seasonally adjusted" ("CPI" ) for the appropriate province for the 12 month period ending two months before the expiration date of the current period of the contract ("period"). The CPI which shall be used is published in Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 62-001-X, tables 9-1 to 9-12, for the appropriate province all-items CPI of the period as described above.

Consumer Price Index for Canada is published by Statistics Canada and is available at:

http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=62-001-X&ch ropg=1&lang=eng; or http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/cpi-ipc/cpi-ipc-eng.htm ; or http://cansim2.statcan.ca , Table 326-0020

Security Requirement 1. The Contractor/Offeror must, at all times during the performance of the Contract/Standing Offer, hold a valid Facility Security Clearance at the level of CONFIDENTIAL, issued by the Canadian Industrial Security Directorate (CISD), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).

2. The Contractor/Offeror personnel requiring access to CLASSIFIED information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid personnel security screening at the level of CONFIDENTIAL, granted or approved by CISD/PWGSC.

3. The Contractor/Offeror MUST NOT remove any CLASSIFIED information from the identified work site(s), and the Contractor/Offeror must ensure that its personnel are made aware of and comply with this restriction.

4. Subcontracts which contain security requirements are NOT to be awarded without the prior written permission of CISD/PWGSC.

5. The Contractor/Offeror must comply with the provisions of the:

(a) Security Requirements Check List (b) Industrial Security Manual (Latest Edition).

Mandatory Security Clearance It is a mandatory requirement of this Request for Proposal that the Contractor/Offeror, hold a valid security requirement of CONFIDENTIAL as specified in Part 7, Clause 3 "Security Requirement" of the Request for Proposal, at the date of bid closing in order for your bid to be considered responsive.

1. At the date of bid closing, the following conditions must be met:

the Bidder must hold a valid organization security clearance of CONFIDENTIAL as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

the Bidder's proposed individuals requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must EACH hold a valid CONFIDENTIAL clearance, as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses;

the Bidder's proposed Superintendent requiring access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work site(s) must hold a valid CONFIDENTIAL clearance, as indicated in Part 7 - Resulting Contract Clauses

the Bidder must provide the name of all individuals who will require access to classified or protected information, assets or sensitive work sites.

2. For additional information on security requirements, bidders should refer to the Industrial Security Program (ISP) of Public Works and Government Services Canada (http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/index-eng.html) website.

Mandatory Site Visit Due to the nature of this requirement and in order to gain access to the sites it is MANDATORY that all interested bidders, submit the Names (legal name) and birth dates of their representatives that will be attending the Mandatory Site Visit to the Contracting Authority (Bushra Mirza) at facsimile (819) 956-3600 or by email bushra.mirza@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca no later than Thursday, May 28, 2015.

It is MANDATORY that the Bidder or a representative of the Bidder visit the work site. Arrangements have been made for the site visit to be held at U-100 Building, 1901 Research Road,Ottawa, Ontario,Canada on June 2, 2015. The site visit will begin at 10:00 am EDT.

Personnel security screening is required prior to gaining authorized access to CLASSIFIED information, assets or work sensitive site(s). Bidders must communicate with the Contracting Authority (Bushra Mirza) no later than Thursday, May 28, 2015 to confirm attendance and provide the name(s) of the person(s) who will attend.

Bidders will be required to sign an attendance sheet. Bidders should confirm in their bid that they have attended the site visit. Bidders who do not attend the mandatory site visit or do not send a representative will not be given an alternative appointment and their bid will be declared non-responsive. Any clarifications or changes to the bid solicitation resulting from the site visit will be included as an amendment to the bid solicitation.

A maximium of two (2) representatives per company will be permitted to examine the site.

Mandatory Requirements

1. Site Visit attendance; 2. Contractor's Experience and Past Performance, in accordance with Part 3, Section I: Technical Bid (1.1); 3. Superintendent's Expertise and Experience in accordance with Part 3, Section I: Technical Bid (1.2); 4. Submission of a Firm Price/Rate in Canadian funds for all the items listed in the RFP, Part 3, Section II, Financial Bid 5. Mandatory Security clearance at the Confidential level, as per Part 6, Security Requirement, at the date of bid closing.

All enquiries are to be submitted in writing to the Contracting Authority Bushra Mirza at facsimile (819) 956-3600 or e-mail: bushra.mirza@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.